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Day of Caring 2024 Recap

You helped us provide more than 5,000 care kits to students in our community!

We would like to extend a special “THANK YOU” to YOU for making our Shine Bright – Care Kits for Kids event a huge success! August 7-11, the MidAmerica Center was filled with excitement, joy, smiles, great energy and a lot of heart.

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Education Notes

Education notes… The Omaha North High School National Art Honor Society is hosting Hotcakes @ Hotshops on Dec. 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is a student and faculty art show with original items for sale as

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United Way awarded Wells Fargo Grant

Activities of nonprofits United Way of the Midlands was awarded a grant of $5,000 from Wells Fargo. The grant will support the partnership between UWM and the Book Trust program. In some low-income neighborhoods, there is as little as one

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LifeHouse gives man opportunity for success

LifeHouse gives man opportunity for success TAMMY REAL-MCKEIGHAN News Editor 22 hrs ago In 2016, Aaron Bottorff was facing tough times. He’d been an addict for two decades. He’d been in and out of treatment facilities and jail. He’d slept

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